This is the best part. What Russel needs to turn in by December 23rd has nothing to do with this latest round of filings; rather, the needs to argue that his refusal to produce witnesses or evidence last time is excusable. Therefore, to claim ignorance he needs to argue that "this was a mistake, it won't happen next time" despite the fact that "next time" was last week and his filing was both late and incomplete. Unlikely to be persuasive. My guess is that he will instead argue that the phone numbers being published in a recent filing retroactively justifies all previous non-compliance, which is an admission that he 100% knows he is violating the rules but believes he is justified in doing so because he is special.
The one question I hope will be answered in the December 23rd filing is whether Russel believes his Rule 26(a) production is now complete or not. I honestly do not know what his position is here. If he claims to have fully complied with the court order (albeit hours late), then he has no evidence. If he claims that what he provided was an incomplete list and he is still working on it, then he's admitting to violating the order that this be completed by December 18th, which the judge implied was his last chance. Knowing Russel, my guess is that he claims the 26(a) production is 100% complete in the December 23rd filing to avoid sanctions, and then reverse his position down the line and introduce more witnesses and/or evidence.